Brown eyes unblinking
bat golden lashes skyward –
celestial flirt
(For Cee’s Flower of the Day.)
Brown-eyed
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To Touch or Not to Touch
She was quite eccentric, and visibly older than most of the students attending our program. I’d had five years between first and second year, so I guess she was drawn to my maturity. We both wanted to be teachers.
After graduation, she went on to her Bachelor of Education, and I gave birth to my third child. The next time we encountered each other, I was the parent and she was the teacher. Eccentric as ever. The kids loved her.
Except for the one that didn’t. That one complained that she touched the kids too much – her hugs and hair stroking unwelcome. Her license was at stake.
“If I can’t touch my kids, then I can’t teach,” she told me in confidence.
I never knew what became of the investigation, but years later when I would follow in her footsteps and have my own classes, I thought of her. It’s in my nature to touch, too.
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The focus this week has been on the subject of touch. Thank you to all the participants for touching me with your creativity. Virtual hugs all around.
MMA Storytime
I Write Her
Eugi’s Causerie II
radhikasreflection
paeansunplugged
Culture Shocks
Heart to Heart
parallax
Stuff and what if…
Sgeoil
(The featured image is my last photo of July, unedited. I am sneaking it in here for Bushbay’s challenge of the same name.)
See you tomorrow for a new challenge!
Painted End
Farewell to May
A single yellow bloom. Last photo for May, 2020. Unedited. Bushboy’s challenge.
Hope June brings some resolution.
Light The Night
Snow lights up the night, adding a magical touch.
For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week: Light the Night
Older Than Old
When I was ten, my family travelled to England to visit my father’s family. Grandmother gifted us this odd looking vase, something she claimed to be over a hundred years old. I inherited it when my mother went into a nursing home. Always a conversation piece.
This 1,000 year-old tree continues to thrive on Goose Island State Park in Texas. Is there a word for something older than an antique?
(For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week challenge: Over 100 Years Old.)
Night, Night
Donning Winter’s coat
Summer’s sparkle retreated –
Garden is abed.
First Signs
Green sprig, crimson pop –
ornamental precursor
to giving season.
(For Cee’s Flower of the Day)
Autumn Berries
Where leaves have vanished
berries remain, nourishment
for feathered migrants.
(For Cee’s Flower of the Day)
Maple Leaf
Tracing the lines of your perfection,
I remember, childhood discoveries –
wax paper and hot iron,
the smell of fresh raked pranks,
and what it means to be Canadian.
I no longer make leaf art,
nor partake of Autumn cleanup,
but I have not forgotten
the power of your symbolism
and how far we have yet to go.
(For Cee’s Flower of the Day. )
